IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) importer¶
Versio.io can import, historize and process monitoring data from IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC).
Configuration¶
You can find the configuration option in Versio.io at Environment settings > OneImporter > Configurations > IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC).
Here you can edit all existing configurations, create new configurations or delete existing configurations.
To add a new configuration, enter a Name for your importer and an Entity suffix (default: -hmc) to clearly identify your HMC entities.
Note that the Entity suffix is fixed and cannot be changed afterwards.
Click Add to proceed to the configuration.
To edit an existing configuration, click the arrow on the left of your importer name to expand the configuration options.
The following configuration options are available:
| Field | Description | Advice |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Meaningful name | Add the word "HMC" to identify the importer when viewing the logs |
| Active | Option to activate and deactivate the configuration. Data is only imported if the configuration is activated. | |
| Server URL | HMC server URL to get data from | |
| Credential | HMC user ID & password | |
| Executing OneImporter | Select a Versio.io OneImporter to import the data based on the importer configuration. | Requires an installed OneImporter: Installation instructions |
| Schedule time (cron format) | Determine the frequency of imports in CRON format | Learn more about CRON format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron |
Table: Hardware Management Console configuration parameters
HMC user ID & password¶
To generate a user ID & password for HMC....